Air Check: mystery bird disease and extreme heat

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Air Check: mystery bird disease and extreme heat

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Jun 29, 2021

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In this Air Check, the team dives into the mysterious disease affecting birds in the Eastern U.S. and discusses media rhetoric around extreme weather events in the context of climate change. They focus in on headlines about recent deadly heat in the Northwest.

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Jun 29, 2021

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Air Check: mystery bird disease and extreme heat

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